Monday, December 14, 2015
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From time to time, I’m grateful my shows aired before the advent of social media.
Slow game to start the week, but everyone’s in contention.
|
Katie Price |
Sam McLinn |
Michelle Chan |
| 5,000 | 9,000 | 6,200 |
I’ll discuss what I mean about social media on tonight’s video. I also use the Final clue in the category
| HISTORIC PLACES |
to show you how to dissect the information provided to get the right answer.
First-order calculations
Katie should definitely go all-in; Michelle should strongly consider it.
| Katie |
Sam |
Michelle | |||
| 5,000 | 9,000 | 6,200 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 600* | 3,400 | 3,800* | |||
| 600 | |||||
| 1,000 | |||||
If Sam wants to go small, he should cap his wager at 2,199. (On the video, I ignored this step, putting his maximum “small” wager at 2,799 – I thought it wouldn’t matter since I didn’t think there was a chance he’d go for it.)
What actually happened
| Katie | Sam | Michelle | |||
| 5,000 | 9,000 | 6,200 | |||
| 5,000 | 3,500 | 3,801 | |||
| 0 | 12,500 | 10,001 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 5,000 | 3,401 | 6,200 | |||
| 599 | |||||
| 1,001 | 2,199 | ||||
Sam’s wager rendered the point moot, but Michelle left herself open to potential shenanigans with that 3,801.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| HISTORIC PLACES |
| IN 1761 HE STARTED RUNNING A FERRY WHERE THE POTOMAC MEETS THE SHENANDOAH |
[spoiler]Who is [Robert] Harper? (Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)[/spoiler]
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